Details in a Middle Schooler's Personal Narrative — Unit test Answers

Which statement best explains how a character communicates the author's purpose in The Number Devil?

Read the excerpt from "I'm Not Thirteen Yet" by Amy Bernstein. However, one evening, Margaret and I wound up on the same team during a color war. We didn't talk, but when our team won, she gave me a huge high five. I was taken aback. Shouldn't she be rubbing her thirteen-year-old glory in my face?

Read the excerpts from four texts.Text A: The doctor who gives much medicine and many medicines, who is continually changing them, and who does not insist with care on knowing all about your habits as to diet, mealtimes, sleep, modes of work, and hours of recreation is, on the whole, one to avoid.Text B: I went to my medical man. He is an old chum of mine, and feels my pulse, and looks at my tongue, and talks about the weather, all for nothing, when I fancy I’m ill; so I thought I would do him a good turn by going to him now. "What a doctor wants," I said, "is practice." So I went straight up and saw him, and he said:"Well, what’s the matter with you?"Text C: One of the villagers going out to hunt took a shortcut through the choke cherry bushes. As he pushed them aside he saw the hollow grave, but thought it was a washout made by the rains. But as he assayed to step over it, to his great surprise he stumbled and fell. Made curious by his mishap, he drew back and tried again; but again he fell. When he came back to the village, he told the old men what had happened to him. They remembered then that a long time before there had been buried there a medicine woman or conjurer. Doubtless it was her medicine that made him stumble.The story of the villager's adventure spread through the camp and made many curious to see the grave. Among others were six little boys who were, however, rather timid, for they were in great awe of the dead medicine woman. But they had a little playmate named Brave, a mischievous little rogue, whose hair was always unkempt and tossed about and who was never quiet for a moment.Text D: The doctor walked down the driveway with the surgeon and stood for a few minutes at the gate under the maple trees that lined the sidewalk, talking earnestly. Then he went back into the house by the kitchen door. His wife met him, with the oft-repeated words, "I told you so; I said that boy would turn out of no earthly account.""But he has turned out of some account," contradicted the doctor mildly. "In spite of this carelessness, he has been a great help to me during the last month. It was boyish ignorance more than mere carelessness that brought about this disaster. To be sure, I have cautioned him not to leave the door of the feed room unfastened. But he had no idea how a cow would make a glutton of herself if she had a chance at the bins."

Which excerpt from "I'm Not Thirteen Yet" is the best example of a first-person point of view?

Read the Cherokee legend titled "Why the Possum Plays Dead."Rabbit and Possum each wanted a wife, but no one would marry either of them. They talked over the matter and Rabbit said, "We can’t get wives here. Let’s go to the next village. I’ll say I’m messenger for the council and that everybody must marry at once, and then we’ll be sure to get wives.”Off they started for the next town. As Rabbit traveled faster, he got there first. He waited outside the village until people noticed him and took him into the council lodge. When the chief asked his business, Rabbit said he brought an important message: Everyone must be married at once. So the chief called a great council of the people and told them the message.Every animal took a mate at once, and thus Rabbit got a wife.But Possum traveled slowly. Therefore he reached the village so late that all the men were married, and there was no wife for him. Rabbit pretended to be sorry. He said, "Never mind. I’ll carry the same message to the next village.”So Rabbit traveled ahead to the next village. He waited outside until they invited him to the council lodge. There he told the chief he brought an important message: There had been peace so long, there must be war at once. The war must begin in the council lodge.The animals all began to fight at once, but Rabbit got away in just four leaps. Then Possum reached the lodge. Now Possum had brought no weapons. So all the animals began to fight Possum. They hit him so hard that after a while he rolled over in a corner and shut his eyes and pretended to be dead. That is why Possum pretends to be dead when he finds the hunters after him.

Read the legend titled "Origin of Light."In the earliest beginning, the darkness was thick and deep. There was no light. The animals ran here and there, always bumping into each other. The birds flew here and there but continually knocked against each other.Hawk and Coyote thought a long time about the darkness. Then Coyote felt his way into a swamp and found a large number of dry tule reeds. He made a ball of them. He gave the ball to Hawk, with some flints, and Hawk flew up into the sky, where he touched off the tule reeds and sent the bundle whirling around the world. But still the nights were dark, so Coyote made another bundle of tule reeds, and Hawk flew into the air with them and touched them off with the flints. But these reeds were damp and did not burn so well. That is why the moon does not give so much light as the sun.

Which excerpt from "The Chenoo" suggests the story is a legend?

Why did Amy Bernstein most likely write her story "I'm Not Thirteen Yet"?

Read the excerpt from "I'm Not Thirteen Yet" by Amy Bernstein.Sixth grade was a tough year. Some days, walking the halls was like trudging through peanut butter—nearly impossible. I had entered the world of teenagers, and I wasn't even one of them yet. Lynette Gardner had always been my best friend, until February, when she turned thirteen. I wouldn't be thirteen until August.

Read the exchange from The Number Devil."You've made a two out of nothing but ones. Now try this—""That's too hard. I can't do it in my head.""Then use your calculator.""My calculator! You don't think I take it to bed with me, do you?"